Vengeance et alia v Jaguar & Ishkur

 

The hunt:

A fellow Tusker had told us that there was a frigate gang in Agoze (that included a Dramiel and two Jags), and that this gang was looking for a fight. Several of us quickly formed a frigate gang of our own, and raced to the scene.

We decided that I would act as bait by sitting at a belt. Subtle, right? Actually, I would be aligned to another celestial, and I would warp as soon as company arrived. This would give me a chance to scope out the other gang. If it were manageable, I could let them "catch" me at the second celestial, and the rest of the Tuskers would jump in.

Warping to the belt, I kept an eye on my D-scan. There were several assault frigates in local, but I could not see the Dram. Perhaps he was docked up? I did not have much time to ponder this before a Jaguar jumped in.

I warped to the second celestial, keeping an eye on my overview for the Jag's backup, but saw nothing. They clearly suspected bait, and wanted to test the waters before committing.

That seemed reasonable, so I decided to let the Jag catch me when I came out of warp. I also reduced my Dscan to short range only, so I would see other ships arriving. The Jaguar actually assumed I was more cunning than I actually am; he warped to the celestial at 100km, whereas I had warped to zero.

Oh, well. I turned towards him and prepared to engage, while the Jaguar did the same. We had not even reached point range when my short range scans showed another assault ship within a couple of AU, so I called in my fellow Tuskers as backup.

The Jaguar and I engaged; I had plenty of time to select ammunition, and he seemed to have trouble breaking my tank. Before we could really test each other, however, my backup arrived, and the Jag was facing a 3v1.

Handling it like a man, the Jag immediately switched fire to something a little softer. He also must have called for backup, because an Ishkur landed shortly thereafter (and it's worth noting that this was NOT the assault ship I had seen on Dscan when I called for backup - he must have just been passing through).

They must have overheated everything, because they burned into our Wolf at an alarming rate. Despite the four Tuskers pouring fire into them, the plucky duo managed to down Grog Drinker!

2011.08.28 16:18:00

Victim: Grog Drinker
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Wolf
System: Agoze
Security: 0.2
Damage Taken: 3636

Involved parties:

Name: Xi 'xar (laid the final blow)
Security: -8.3
Corp: Mise en Abyme
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Jaguar
Weapon: 200mm AutoCannon II
Damage Done: 2200

Name: Aeron Llyr
Security: -6.6
Corp: Mise en Abyme
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Ishkur
Weapon: Warrior II
Damage Done: 1436

Destroyed items:

Damage Control II
Republic Fleet Fusion S, Qty: 360
Tracking Enhancer II
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, Qty: 2
Small Anti-Explosive Pump I
Small Anti-Kinetic Pump I
Barrage S, Qty: 1512 (Cargo)
Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S, Qty: 800 (Cargo)

Dropped items:

Gyrostabilizer II
Republic Fleet Fusion S, Qty: 360
Small Energy Neutralizer II
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, Qty: 2
400mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
1MN Afterburner II
Republic Fleet EMP S, Qty: 1600 (Cargo)

Unfortunately for our opponents, they then made what was probably their first mistake of the fight; they called me as primary. Now, I'm sure that they would have broken my tank in time, but time was not on their side, as the Jaguar pilot soon joined Grog Drinker in Valhalla.

2011.08.28 16:18:00

Victim: Xi 'xar
Corp: Mise en Abyme
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Jaguar
System: Agoze
Security: 0.2
Damage Taken: 4957

Involved parties:

Name: Taurean Eltanin (laid the final blow)
Security: -10.0
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Vengeance
Weapon: Phalanx Rage Rocket
Damage Done: 3208

Name: Grog Drinker
Security: -10.0
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Capsule
Weapon: 125mm Gatling AutoCannon II
Damage Done: 1547

Name: IK Thel
Security: -2.9
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Jaguar
Weapon: Foxfire Rocket
Damage Done: 133

Name: Serpentis Chief Watchman / Serpentis Corporation
Damage Done: 69

Destroyed items:

200mm AutoCannon II
Damage Control II
Gyrostabilizer II
Small Core Defence Field Extender I, Qty: 2
Tracking Enhancer II
Republic Fleet Fusion S, Qty: 212
1MN Afterburner II
Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S, Qty: 730 (Cargo)
Republic Fleet EMP S, Qty: 360 (Cargo)

Dropped items:

200mm AutoCannon II, Qty: 2
Republic Fleet Fusion S, Qty: 106
X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
Medium Shield Extender II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
Barrage S, Qty: 460 (Cargo)

That left just the Ishkur, and he was now facing a 3v1, with his primary rapidly repping up to full armor. It worked out about as well as could be expected.

2011.08.28 16:19:00

Victim: Aeron Llyr
Corp: Mise en Abyme
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Ishkur
System: Agoze
Security: 0.2
Damage Taken: 3579

Involved parties:

Name: Taurean Eltanin (laid the final blow)
Security: -10.0
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Vengeance
Weapon: Phalanx Rage Rocket
Damage Done: 463

Name: Kaal Redrum
Security: -9.8
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Ishkur
Weapon: Warrior II
Damage Done: 2607

Name: IK Thel
Security: -2.9
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Jaguar
Weapon: Jaguar
Damage Done: 509

Name: Grog Drinker
Security: -10.0
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Ship: Capsule
Weapon: J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
Damage Done: 0

Destroyed items:

Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I
Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S, Qty: 92
Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I
Energized Reactive Membrane II
Light Ion Blaster II, Qty: 2
Damage Control II
1MN Afterburner II
Optimal Range Disruption
Null S, Qty: 718 (Cargo)
Tracking Speed Disruption (Cargo)
Hobgoblin II, Qty: 4 (Drone Bay)

Dropped items:

Warp Scrambler II
Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S, Qty: 184
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I
Light Ion Blaster II
Small Diminishing Power System Drain I
Small Armor Repairer II
Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S, Qty: 938 (Cargo)
Void S, Qty: 500 (Cargo)

Many a "good fight" was dropped in local.

Afterthougths:

These guys really did their corp proud. They jumped into a Tusker ambush outnumbered 2:1 and managed to seriously bloody our nose. If they had moved on to either our Jag or our Ishkur, they might have even taken a second ship with them.

On reflection, I wish we had been able to offer a more even fight; they were quality pilots who would have really put us to the test (or me, at least). Unfortunately, our intitial intel and subsequent movements in local led us to believe that they were part of a larger gang until the fight was well under way.

Because we lost the Wolf, we were not expecting the fight to be profitable; any loot would go to Grog Drinker to reimburse him. However, Lady Luck decided to bestow her favours on us that day, and EACH of the three wrecks dropped an intact armor plate as salvage. We each walked away with about 20million ISK in profit.

Note to self: salvage all T2 wrecks!